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...parent, one cannot share all the enthusiasms of one's offspring. For a start, there are too many and they change too often. You master the Wiggles and they're all about Dora. You gain a working knowledge of iCarly and they only want to talk about The Wizards of Waverly Place. Many are simply unwatchable (I'm looking at you, Clone Wars). Many are worth absorbing more for what their appeal says about your child than for themselves. Which brings us to the Jonas Brothers. You get a sense that admiring them will neither pollute nor elevate anyone...
Dramatic action in the banking industry is crucial, since the effects of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be strongly diminished if the credit crunch continues. The weeks spent debating the merits and drawbacks of the stimulus plan cannot go to waste. In an ordinary recession, the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates to get credit flowing, sparking the economy. However, in the words of our president in an interview with ABC News, “…we are in not just an ordinary recession.” With the target for the Federal Funds...
...barriers for the private sector to buy healthy bank assets in the future. Also, we must limit this approach to the banking sector. Not all companies should receive this special treatment—in the automotive sector, for instance, we must strongly consider allowing firms to fail if they cannot compete in the open market...
This should trouble everyone publishing in the Post’s pages, from its metro reporters to its style editors. The decision to run Will’s piece has instilled in the public considerable doubt about the publication’s veracity as a whole. If a reader cannot trust that the facts cited on the Post’s op-ed page are true—and, after the Will incident, she cannot—why should she trust the facts in its news coverage or its investigative journalism...
...their bluff. The International Criminal Court is often told, "You are just prosecuting cases in Africa. You are biased against Africa." The answer, I think, is a hybrid model able to deliver the kind of cooperation that an international court sitting outside the region with an exclusively U.N. staff cannot...